A 32-bit toy operating system for self-education. Written in C (and some x86 assembly) for the x86 architecture. Uses the GRUB bootloader, but theoretically works with any bootloader that supports the multiboot standard.
- VGA text output (support for strings and numbers, including printf)
- Serial port input and output
- Interrupt/exception handling
- Support for basic input via keyboard
- Very basic shell
- Mouse support
- Advanced shell
- File system
...and many more!
Note: The following steps have only been tested on MacOS Mojave.
Requirements: A version of GCC setup to generate i686-elf code, grub utils (namely grub-mkrescue & grub-file).
Using the following command you can generate an .iso file containing this very kernel:
$ make all
The newly generated file will be called kenshi.iso.
This iso can now be used as a CDROM to boot the kernal. Using qemu it would look like this:
$ qemu-system-i386 -cdrom kenshi.iso
You can also use make run to do above two steps automatically.
Burning the .iso to a CD and using it on a physical computer might also work, but it has not been tested.
Licensed under the MIT License.